Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-08-06

homestead is located on the ne 4 OF sec
26, {. IL I. 26 He has in about 40 acre
of corn, which looks tOlerably we'll con
sidering the dry weather. He has severa
tons of hay left over from last years crop
This reminds us of what he told us whel
he came here year and half ago, ane
had to buy his hay at $14 per ton. IL
said If he lived and kept his health n
would not have to buy hay another spring
This would be q good resolution for al
Kansas farmers to adopt, especially II
the western part.
Mr.. Lars Larson lives southeast o.
Collyer, on the n. Il of sec. %. t. IL, !. 70
He has in 6 acres of corn and OF sor'
ghum. In addition to this, he has tree
claim, which undoubtedly accounts FOL
his small crop. There is q scarcity. Of
weeds in his timber. He has taken
great care in cultivating his trees, and
judging from his ten acres, any one who
tries can raise timber in western Kansas
W. F. Stramahan lives on the g. Of
the sw. ID of sec. 80, {. IL, T. %. He has
3 acres of corn, few raspberries and 25C
trees. He says this is only his third
year here.
Mrs. Lorimer has homestead and q
timber claim on the g. n of sec. rs, t. IL
+. %. She has 10 acres of corn and sor-
ghum. Her timber is good, and will
make more than half stand, i. e., fill
every other row 4 feet apart. Mrs.
Lorimer is widow, with children, and
she surely deserves praise for the way in
which she is bringing up her boys, and
making living for them.
Jacob Tetzloff lives on the SO II Of sec.
IS, t. IL, r. Is. He has been here but 1e
months. and wants to sell out and leave
I know not why, for he has IS acres OF as
nice corn as any one around here; his
millet made about ton and half to the
acre; he has some old corn left yet, and
an acre of as good potatoes as he ever
raised, he says.
Messrs. Zeman and Yonda have been
visited this morning. Their corn is dry
ing some, and they are cutting it up.
Although there is not much corn on it, it
is excellent fodder. Their crops are gen.
orally light, excepting potatoes. They
are good crop. The buffalo grass here
has matured, and is in the proper stage
to place the fat on cattle.
BIG CREEK VALLEY, AUG. z.
Chas. Nef is located southwest of Wa
Keeney, and owns $40 acres of sec. %,
tp. IL, r. "a. He has % acres of corn,
10 acres of rye, which he thinks will
make Is bushels per acre, 6 acres of bar
ley, 10 bushels per acre, his sorghum is
good, and one half acre of extra potatoes.
Mr. Nef also has pasture fenced and a
large stone house and other things which
add greatly to the looks of farm.
Chas. Jackson lives on sec. 81, t. IL, r.
"a, has IS acres under cultivation, little
corn, rye, millet and an acre and half
of potatoes, and is making hay.
Mr.. Keraus lives on sec. 10, t. Is, +. "a.
He says his oats are fair; his spring
wheat is extra; corn not very good. Mr..
Keraus says he thinks spring wheat is
the best for western Kansas. His two
sons are in partnership on the sw. d of
the same section. They have Is acres of
corn. Their rye and oats are good, and
they have one acre of fine potatoes.
A. Spena, north "A sec. IL, t. ID, r. 25,
has 60 acres of corn, which will probably
make an average of bushels per acre.
This is as good crop of corn as we have
heard of 80 far. His millet about x crop.
He has 37,744 trees on his tree claim, on
which he made final proof last fall. He
has 160 head of nice cattle. He waters
his cattle from his well. They look the
best of any we have seen.
BANNER, TREGo COUNTY.
Wednesday, Aug3.
j. j. Hrabak lives on NV. Il sec. Is, t.
IL, "a. He has 30 acres under cultiva-
ton. He moved to Kansas years ago,
and remained here five years. He then
went to Colorado, and returned after
an absence of three years. His corn is
yielding better than any we have seen.
He is cutting it up, on account of its
drying up so. The corn which is already
too hard for roasting ears will, of course,
make pretty fair corn.
w. A. Hunt is on ne n sec. 80, t. ID, +.
"a. He has 30 acres under cultivation,
% of which are in corn. He came here,
from Tuscola, ILL.,, about year ago.
Jasper Rideout is on sw. Il sec. "a, t.
Is, r. "a. He has 25 acres of corn, which
will make about half crop. He has
been here about one year, and is from
Tuscola, Ill
J. A. Frease lives on n. Is sec. 6, t. IA,
r o. Mr.. Frease has homestead and
timber claim, and is settler here of two
summers. He has 20 acres under Guilt
walton on his tree claim, and 10 on his
He has the incest truck
patch we have yet found, q large cabbage
garden, and sweet and Irish potatoes,
both OF which are extra good.
John w. Reynolds has three eighties
in sec. 6, t. IA, I. a Mr.. Reynolds is q
settler of nine years in western Trego,
and is an old soldier. He has 100 acres
under cultivation. He also has q tree
claim on the ne. n of sec. 10, {. IA, r26
He says he has over one-third Of all the
trees he put out, and would have had
more but for the dry weather.